Good Grief of Kansas, Inc

04/21/2023

Just an FYI…
Good Grief of Kansas is going through some reconstruction. If you have tried to contact us we should be up and running very soon. Please be patient with us. ❤️

03/28/2023

Good morning!
Who is Good Grief of Kansas? Good Grief is a support organization for those who have lost a loved one. Whether it be from sickness, an accident or even to su***de. When I suffered the loss of my husband and my father three months apart Good Grief was there to help pick up the pieces and get me through. To be able to talk to those who had been there and knew exactly what I was feeling was a real life saver. Now, years later, Good Grief is still very dear to my heart. This organization is not well known but to those who attend our weekly meetings it is a very important part of their daily lives.
That being said Good Grief is now asking for your help to be able to continue our ministry. We operate totally on donations. No one is ever asked to pay a fee to attend our weekly meetings. We only ask for your donations. We ask that you search your heart and if you feel led to help us survive please give a donation.
You are able to donate online at www.goodgriefofkansas.org or you can mail your donation to Good Grief of Kansas 2622 W Central Suite 401B Wichita, KS 67203.
We thank you in advance for your support!

Helping Others Help Themselves Providing grief support, in a group setting, for persons who have lost a loved one through death. Find healing Who We Are Good Grief of Kansas is a self-help nonprofit organization founded in 1993. It is a local bereavement program recognized with national awards as we...

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03/17/2023

MAYBE PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO STOP GRIEVING…

Maybe they are terrified,
that the grief they feel is the last thing they have left of that person.
That if they move on from the grief,
they will lose the final connection.
The only tie.

Maybe people feel united with their loved one,
in the realm just outside our reality.
United in pain and loss.
Banished to a parallel universe where they can both exist together,
still together.

Maybe that’s just too precious to move on from.

So if you are in this place, or you know someone who is,
maybe you can remind them that they are completely connected to their lost one,
in so many more wonderful ways than just the loss.
How can they not be?
Inch for inch the pain they feel equals the love they shared.

At the end of the day, it’s all just love.
And there is no need to banish either.
They can exist side by side,
grief and love.

And they do,

every day.

Written by Donna Ashworth
Art by Muhammad Sala

03/15/2023

Good Grief of Kansas offers weekly group meetings. Check out the schedule at

Helping Others Help Themselves Providing grief support, in a group setting, for persons who have lost a loved one through death. Find healing Who We Are Good Grief of Kansas is a self-help nonprofit organization founded in 1993. It is a local bereavement program recognized with national awards as we...

03/15/2023

A Thousand Ways to Grieve

I’m an active griever. By active, I mean that during those first few months following my loss, I devoured every book on grief I could get my hands on. I poured out my agony in my writing, attended grief seminars, went through photo albums and searched the Internet for helpful sites. I cried and fumed and spent long hours talking to anyone who would listen.

My husband simple withdrew and grieved in silence. Though we lived in the same house, grieved the same loss, and shared a life together, we were apart in our grief.

We all have our own ideas on how to grieve and we’re quick to judge those who don’t conform to our way of thinking. When Prince Charles wore a blue suit to Princess Diana’s funeral, he was condemned by the press until it was learned that it was his former wife’s favorite.
A friend of mine was criticized for wearing a pair of red strap, high-heel shoes to her husband’s funeral, the same shoes she wore on the day they met.

If we are to grieve in harmony with those around us, we must give up the notion that grief can be expressed in limited ways. I once thought that grief manifested itself only in tears and depression. But I’ve since found that what others whose visions is greater than mine have accomplished in the name of grief. Candy Lightner, the founder for Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, is a good example.

Resolve to make peace with someone who grieves in ways that seem odd to you. Try expressing your grief in a new way: write a poem or song, start a journal, buy your loved one a gift and send it to someone who would love and appreciate the gesture. Wear something outlandish. Buy a bouquet of balloons in your loved one’s favorite color. Laugh at something that would make your loved one laugh.

Tears, depression, and sadness are all acceptable ways to show grief. So are blue suits and red shoes.

Brownley, Margaret. A Thousand Ways to Grieve, March/April 2000. Reprinted with permission from Bereavement Publications, Inc. 888-604- 4673

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